Evidence of a Smash-Up 4.5 Billion Years Ago (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Evidence of a Smash-Up 4.5 Billion Years Ago

Caption

In this image of a sample studied, different chemical elements appear in different colors. The round, mostly green object ringed by red is a silicate chondrule, whereas the large red object on the right is a sulfide chondrule. The sulfide chondrule was deformed during the collision with the silicate chondrule while it was still very hot. The scalebar is 100 microns long.

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Kelly Miller

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